1) It is time you (have) your car (service). It’s almost a year since you (take) it to the servicing station.
2) The car started only after Tom (turn) the key twice. He thought ignition might (be) faulty. In any case, he thought he (tell) father if he (come) home in a good mood.
3) Pamela was about (go) out when the rain (start). She sighed and thought she should (leave) earlier, before it (rain).
4) A large amount of criticism (level) against the committee, which (take) the decision to pull down an old house, (present) a historical value.
5) (Rob), he decided not to report to the police. That decision probably (connect) with his own multiple infringements of the law.
6) The decision on the dramatic tax cut resulted in the fat cats (pay) less taxes than the workers at their own factories. This (fail) attempt of economic reforms (reach) an impasse.
7) (Dog) by police, the escaped criminal hid in a derelict house in the outskirts of an obscure village, wishing he never (shared) his intentions with his cell neighbor.
8) If the turbulence not (be) so big, the stewardess not (spill) hot coffee on the fat Indian (sit) near the aisle. As it is, she faced a dismissal after a huge row, (arouse) by the latter.
9) The boy gingerly approached the trolley (lie) on its side. He was looking at the (kick) parcel desperately deciding if it was worth (untie) it and (look) what (be) inside.
10) The boy assured his mother that he (do) his homework before it (be) time to go to bed.
11) Termination of the program (take) the student by surprise, because he (think) his time (be) unlimited.
12) He woke up in the morning, (sting) by a gnat. (Remember) the talk that (proceed) his going to bed, he couldn’t sleep till the morning.
13) The teacher promised that when he (compile) a new test he (check) it on us, unless he (find) some mistakes in it.
14) (Come) to the seashore she couldn’t help (swim) on the first day of her arrival. The sea (be) still cold, she caught a cold, she but (know) what (happen) she never (come).
Keys: 1). Had, serviced, took; 2) had turned, be, would tell, came; 3) to go, started, have left, had rained; 4) was levelled, had taken, presenting; 5) having been robbed/being robbed, was connected; 6) paying, failed, reached; 7) Dogged, had shared; 8) had not been, would not have spilled, sitting, aroused; 9)lying, kicking, untying, looking, was. 10) would, was; 11) took, had thought, was; 12) stung, remembering, had proceeded; 13) compiled, would check, found; 14) Coming/having come, swimming, being, had she known, would have come
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